The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-02
DASHED TO THEIR DEATH.
The Horse Shoe Bend Catastrophe.

accident at Horse Shoe Bend On the
Pennsylvania railroad last night state
that eight were killed and six injured.
Four were killed outright and others
have since died. The ill.fated train
arrived at Union Depot in this city
al 4 80 o'clock this morning with
some ninety passengers aboard. For
four long hours group Of anxious
nortals paced up and down the pass.
age ways, lingering lmpatiently and
in awful suspense as to the fate Of
their friends WHO had taken passage
on The fast line and were expected to
arrive in the city at l. :55 last night.
Many were the inquiries Of the de-
partment officials regarding the ma
ture of tie accident of which all had
heard, but either they could not or
would not give the particulars.
EVERY MINUTE SEEMS AN HOUR
to the crowd, and when tie shrill
whistle at last signalled the arrival
of the wrecked train all eyes were
turned toward it. Almost the first
person to step from the train was
Miss McMahon, 8 school teacher in
Florida, who was on her way home
in Beaver Falls. this State. Miss
McMahon, furnished an account Of
the awful accident which overlook
the fast train.
HER STORY IN HER OWN WORDS.
Il was sitting about the middle of
the second coach from the engine.
The train was running at high rate
when the accident occurred. The
shock was terrific. I was thrown
violently against the seat in front of
me. The train stopped suddenly.
In minute all was confusion and /
was at loss to know what had hap
peneG. | soon heard shrieks from
the passengers in the coach in the
rear of the one l was in, and I at
once knew that something awful had
| happened. raised the window and
looked out. The sight frightened me.
The entire sides Of two coaches i'm
mediately in the rear Of the one I
was in were crushed in. I could see
the passengers climbing out over the
coal cars lying on the adjoining track.
The passengers who were not injured
assisted in removing the killed and
wounded. 1t was sight that I will
never forget. Several women in the
car swooned away when they saw
what happened.''
HEARTRENDING SCENES.
j. H. Peach, of the Belleville Mef.
fin, this State, was q passenger on
the third coach from the smoking car
! and related 8 graphic account of the
heartrending scenes which followed
the death dealing crash. II was sit.
ting" he said "about four seats to
the rear of Dale Graham when the
trains collided. The entire side of
our coach was crushed in and young
Graham was literally buried beneath
the ruins, but one moan escaped his
lips and he must have died instantly,
for he was about the first victim We
set about to recover. When extri-
Gated from the wreck his form was
lifeless. The side Of the car was
crushed down on top of him, and this,
with q large quantity of coal from
the freight car, had crushed out the
young mans life before any assist
auce could be rendered. I never
want to witness such distressing
scenes again. 1t makes my flesh
culver when 1 think Oft.
woMEN's CRIES.
The piercing shrieks of the women
mingled with the agonizing cries of
the men completely oyerpower me
now, although when the sad calamity
occurred l managed to keep possess
sion of my senses, and aided in res
cuing the victims to the best of my
ability. We must have been running
at the rate of thirty miles an hour at
the time it occurred, and the freight,
I should judge, was going about
twelve miles an hour. The freight
was heavily loaded, and the terrible
crash caused panic among the pass
engcrs. I am surprised that three
times as many were not dashed into
eternity"
KILLED AND INJURED.
The official list Of the Killed and
injured furnished by the railroad
company gives six killed and eight
Injured.
The names Of the killed are as fol-
lows: Dale B. Graham, son of ex-
Speaker Graham of Allegheny; Wy
mer Snyder, of Shamokin, Pa; Jno.